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Tuesday

According to foxsports.com, the Cleveland Indians will be wearing a patch on their jerseys this season of the number 7, in honor of Al Rosen. Rosen wore number 7 for Cleveland between 1947 and 1956, earning American League MVP honors in 1953. According to Fox Sports:

Rosen is the only person to have earned the MVP honors as a player and executive of the year as a member of a front office.

Rosen twice led the league in number of home runs, including his MVP season when he belted 43. Playing full time beginning in 1950, and spanning ten years, Rosen smacked 192 home runs, with 717 RBI (a category he also led the league in twice), and a .285 batting average.

After an astounding collegiate career, Herzlich signed as an undrafted free agent with the New York Giants in 2011. However, jersey number 94 was already taken. Number 94 was worn by the Giants' fierce defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka. So, Herzlich wore number 58 instead, as an NFLer.

Well, with the Giants' recent release of Kiwanuka, the number 94 became available for New York players. And with New York re-signing Herzlich to a two-year contract, the former Boston College defensive standout will now be wearing jersey number 94 in the NFL for the Giants.

Saturday

The New York Jets have made a nod to Darrelle Revis' jersey number 24, in his new annual salary with his former and now current team. According to CBS, the Jets will pay Revis an annual salary of $14,024,212. The 24 is in honor of his jersey number and the 212 is a reference to the NYC area code.

Revis wore number 24 previously with the Jets between 2007 and 2012 as well as in his two one year stints with Tampa Bay and New England respectively.

Wednesday

Is Boise State planning to retire jersey number 11 in honor of former standout quarterback Kellen Moore? That appears to be the case per a recent post on College Football Talk. Moore was a four year starter for Boise State, where he led the conference in multiple passing categories in each of those four seasons.

As a freshman, Moore led the Western Athletic Conference in passing completion percentage, yardage and touchdowns thrown. As a sophomore, he improved on those numbers by throwing for more yards and 14 more touchdowns than he did in his first season with the Broncos.

In that sophomore campaign, he was also named the Western Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year and finished in the top ten for Heisman Trophy votes.

In 2010, as a junior, Moore would lead not only his conference but the entire NCAA in passing efficiency rating and yards per play. He was now fully entrenched on the national radar as one of the best quarterbacks to watch. He would wind up fourth overall in Heisman Trophy voting for that season.

As a senior, Moore and the Broncos were now part of the Mountain West Conference. Different conference name, same results for Moore. He was first in the MWC in passing yardage, completion percentage and touchdowns thrown with a whopping 43. That was good enough for second overall in the NCAA that season, but no passer had a higher completion percentage than Moore's 74.3%.

So what do you think? With such stellar collegiate career passing numbers by Moore, is it just a matter of time before Boise State retires jersey number 11?